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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1942
Page
1
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The ouster of Ramon Serrano Suner as Spanish foreign minister and Falange head shifts Madrid's top posts to Francisco Franco loyalists. Gomez Jordana takes the foreign post as Franco seeks to mold policy ahead of the Axis offensive. Observers note the move may delay alignment with Berlin while keeping Spain’s ports available to Axis use.
Philadelphia reports September quotas set by the Pennsylvania Office of Price Administration for autos and bicycles. State totals list 1 908 automobiles and 9 438 bicycles with county allocations including Granford 4 autos and 18 bicycles Evie county 7 autos and 108 bicycles Warren county 19 autos and 42 bicycles.
A crew member died in a boiler room explosion aboard the Kelley Island boat near Marblehead. Louis Gussnar of Coast Guard said the vessel was in Lake Erie at 6 05 AM when the blast occurred. the only man inside the boiler room perished. The ship, operated by Kelley Island Lime and Transport, carries about 10 crew. This followed a separate Great Lakes accident as the freighter Steelvendon sank in Lake Superior yesterday, with 24 of 120 aboard rescued.
Harry W. Parker Walter L. Peale and Mrs Charles M Stewart named judges for the Labor Day parade. Prizes listed include floats best of show 20 dollars best patriotic float 15 dollars funniest 10 dollars and kiddies prizes including best child Moat 10 dollars youngest child 3 dollars among others. War stamps bonds to be sold by young ladies and stores will host stamp booths.
Long Lodge of Elks raised 32400 toward war bonds last night pushing the total raised by the lodge to 152400. The drive is described as one of the finest displays by an Elks unit of comparable size in Pennsylvania.
Lieutenant Duncan Seffern of Manswa Wisconsin piloted a Maxanders bomber that ran dry on a flight from Townsville Australia to Port Moresby New Guinea. He survived 20 days in New Guinea jungles after jumping from 13 000 feet and reaching Fort Moresby. Two others from the crew were missing, including navigator and war correspondent Vern Haugland.
Paul G DeRosay son of D Warren DeRosay of Maple Avenue has been elected superintendent of the Landon School in Bethesda Maryland a non sectarian institution with about four hundred boys He will assume duties September 16 and draws congratulations from friends The former Corry resident previously led Portsmouth Priory School Rhode Island and directed the Newman School for Boys in New Jersey.
State College Pa Sept 4 Fire fighting is the newest field opened to women in Pennsylvania due to manpower shortages. George H Wirk chief of the protection division says women may be called in numbers when seasonal forest fires are likely to break out across the states 13 000 000 acres of woodlands.
In Farrell and Williams Grove Pennsylvania campaigns opened with Democratic and Republican rhetoric. Auditor General F Clair Ross accused the GOP old guard of backing Edward Martin, pledging a reform administration to serve the commonwealth and national values. Edward Martin urged farmers to sell produce at fair prices and oppose special interest pressure groups, speaking to thousands at Williams Grove and noting no special favors if governor.
American and Allied air forces hit Japan across a 3500 mile front in the South Pacific and China. U S bombers and fighters struck NanChang and Nanchang rail yards and enemy bases while submarines sank five additional ships. Marines tightened hold on the Solomons as Japanese detachments were targeted.
Washington officials announce the Office of Price Administration will place the meat industry except retailers under unified licensing to curb price regulation evasion. Court actions against about 145 meat packers and wholesalers begin to enforce compliance as investigations expand in multiple cities.
In Norristown authorities and the Office of Price Administration seized a large rationed gasoline ring. Nineteen men and boys were arrested as part of an investigation into theft of ration books and gas purchases.
Reports by members and former members of Company A 2nd Infantry confirm the Bath Division has become a feeder for overseas units. Camp Livingston reports officers and men from the division are spread globally, with many cadets, officers, and cadres transferred to new divisions. The 28th Division has supplied hundreds of aviation cadets and officers to training schools, rebuilding strength for the 1942 maneuvers.
A gas explosion at a 15 story residential building on the East Side of Midtown New York injures several and kills one woman. Mrs. Davis Oswald 38 is critically injured and her maid Margaret Burke 36 suffers severe injuries. Three other women in nearby apartments are reported dead.
District Attorney Russell H. Adams intensified a gambling crackdown in Allegheny County by directing county detectives to notify club stewards and fraternal organizations to immediately remove slot machines pinball machines and other gambling devices from their premises. He warned that noncompliance would trigger raids confiscation of machines and arrests of club officials responsible for maintenance and operation.
The Senate finance committee debated a Morgenthau plan for expanded revenue and a broad sales tax. Byrd warned there is no alternative but higher taxes, proposing increases beyond the House bill. The plan includes steep graduated levies on luxury spending and ties exemptions to dependents.
Washington reports Senate committee chair Reynolds will seek a formal War Department recommendation on drafting youths aged 14 to 19. London notes Berlin confirms Wirschhauer named antiaircraft chief. Denmark factory sabotage claimed by Stockholm. Newark covers FBI rounds up German aliens after Pearl Harbor. New York reports American Airlines inaugural flight to Mexico City. Washington discusses finger printing for all men. Berlin border notes air battles with 25 enemy planes downed. Melbourne notes Allied crew fatalities from a torpedo off Australia. Bern mentions Nazi troop-recruitment efforts in occupied Europe. Washington finalizes scrap salvage under publishers’ alignment plan.
Joseph Amoroso owner of Rosey’s Restaurant in Blending Gully faced four liquor violation charges in county court but the state raid case saw all other defendants dropped. He was fined $100 on each count with costs. charges against Mrs Amoroso Leon Walters and Catherine Babik were nolled. Walters and Babik were restaurant employees.
The Office of Price Administration bluntly charged Pennsylvania war workers with unnecessary travel and waste of scarce tires. State director R P Ashenfelter in Philadelphia announced an intensified educational campaign stressing conservation and punctuality to preserve worker equipment and ensure rationed tires are used only for essential travel.
Harrisburg Sept 4 Pennsylvanians near state institutions were asked by the Welfare Department to help with 1 482 war treated job openings. Secretary E Arthur Sweeney urged retired nurses to volunteer for service in state hospitals.
World war fronts report Rommel’s armored columns pulled back in Egypt amid Allied air power. Soviet and Allied communiques claim heavy fighting near Stalingrad and ongoing assaults along the Black Sea front with 25 divisions thrown at the city. British observers warn the withdrawal signals only a preliminary phase in a larger struggle as Rommel redeploys armor and fuel supplies.
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